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Building Bluetooth Low Energy Systems

By : Muhammad Usama bin Aftab
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Building Bluetooth Low Energy Systems

By: Muhammad Usama bin Aftab

Overview of this book

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is a Wireless Personal Area network technology aimed at novel applications for smart devices. High-tech BLE profiles and services are being increasingly used by application developers and hardware enthusiasts to allow devices to interact with the surrounding world. This book will focus on a technical introduction to BLE and how it is reshaping small-distance communication. We will start with IoT, where many technologies such as BLE, Zigbee, and IEEE 802.15.4 Mesh will be introduced. The book will present BLE from an engineering perspective, from which the protocol stack, architecture, and layers are discussed. You will learn to implement customized projects for Peripheral/Central communication, BLE Beacons, indoor navigation using triangulation, and the Internet gateway for Bluetooth Low Energy Personal Network, all using various code samples and APIs on Android, iOS, and the Web. Finally, the book will conclude with a glimpse into future technologies destined to be prominent in years to come.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Credits
About the Author
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Preface

Android Bluetooth Low Energy


This book promises a theoretical as well as a practical approach towards the Internet of Things. From this point onwards, readers will understand the practical aspects of the technology. This section deals with the Android API for Bluetooth Low Energy. Although we are taking Android as a medium to study Bluetooth Low Energy for the most part of the book, we do realize the important of iOS platform. Hence, we will also discuss some SWIFT code in the upcoming chapters.

Note

The reason why Android is given an edge over iOS is because it is widely spread. According to the study by Patently Apple, 81% of the smartphones in the world runs Android. We wanted to make sure that many people may take advantage from this book.

An introduction to Android

Android is an open-source mobile platform based on Linux kernel and developed by Google Inc. It was primarily developed for smartphones but now exists in many variants including Android Wear, Android Auto, and Android TV. The...